Socket

Technology

TechPartnershipsLead

$250–400k ~AI est. Chicago, Illinois, United States; Tel Aviv, Israel; United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Tech Partnerships Lead at Socket. Skills: Technical Partnerships, Ecosystem development, Integration roadmap. Build Socket’s Technical Partnership & Integration Ecosystem. Identify partnerships”

What You'll Achieve.

Build repeatable program; Build revenue-producing program; Expand Socket’s reach; Drive product partnerships; Result in real integrations; Result in adoption growth; Result in joint go-to-market success

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years in Technical Partnerships, 10+ years in Product Partnerships, 10+ years in Technical Business Development, understanding of modern development environments, understanding of developer ecosystems, understanding of CI/CD systems, understanding of API-based integrations, Ability to rapidly prototype technical integrations, Ability to prototype use-cases, Ability to translate to product specs, Experience structuring partnership agreements, Experience negotiating partnership agreements, Excellent communicator, Strategic operator

Nice to Have

Experience with Kubernetes, Experience with container orchestration platforms

What You'll Do.

Build Socket’s Technical Partnership & Integration Ecosystem

Identify partnerships

Prioritize partnerships

Ensure integrations create value

Strengthen Socket’s position

Own Technical Partnership Lifecycle

Drive technical partnership process

Scope technical partnerships

Document integrations

Translate partner opportunities

Launch Technical Integrations

Maintain Technical Integrations

Define integration roadmap

Ensure partner integrations are reliable

Ensure partner integrations are secure

Ensure partner integrations are developer-friendly

Establish metrics for adoption

Establish metrics for performance

Establish metrics for usage growth

Collaborate with Product and GTM Teams

Align partnership priorities

Enable marketing teams

Develop Strategic Technology Alliances

Forge long-term relationships

Identify opportunities for co-development

Identify opportunities for API collaboration

Identify opportunities for shared innovation

Measure Partnership Impact

Report Partnership Impact

Track integration adoption

Track developer engagement

Track pipeline influence

Inform prioritization

Optimize technical outcomes

Guide future partnership investments

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Product teams; Engineering teams; GTM Teams; Sales teams; Marketing teams; Executive audiences

Communication Scope

Technical concepts; Product specs; Partnership agreements; Executive presentations

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Full Job Description

About Us Socket helps devs and security teams ship faster by cutting out security busywork. Thousands of orgs use Socket to safely find, audit, and manage open source code. Our customers — from Anthropic to xAI, and Figma to Vercel — love Socket (just check out their tweets https://socket.dev/love to see for yourself!) Founded by Feross Aboukhadijeh https://www.linkedin.com/in/feross/, a long-time open source maintainer with software downloaded over a billion times a month, Socket has raised $ https://socket.dev/blog/series-b125M in funding https://socket.dev/blog/series-c from top angels, operators, and security leaders. We’re hiring for our very first Tech Partnerships role at Socket! Your mission is to build Socket’s technology partner ecosystem from zero to a repeatable, revenue-producing program. Over the next 12–18 months, you’ll establish deep technical integrations and partnerships that expand Socket’s reach in the enterprise AppSec and supply chain security ecosystem. What you'll do: - Build Socket’s Technical Partnership & Integration Ecosystem: Identify, prioritize, and manage partnerships with developer and infrastructure platforms.. Ensure integrations create meaningful value for shared users and strengthen Socket’s position in the software supply chain. - Own Technical Partnership Lifecycle: Drive all stages of the technical partnership process from discovery and scoping to integration design, joint testing, documentation, and go-to-market enablement. Work closely with Socket’s product and engineering teams to translate partner opportunities into shipped product integrations. - Launch and Maintain Technical Integrations: Define the integration roadmap and work with internal and external engineers to ensure partner integrations are reliable, secure, and developer-friendly. Establish metrics for adoption, performance, and partner-driven usage growth. - Collaborate with Product and GTM Teams: Align partnership priorities with Socket’s product roadmap and

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